Circadian secretion pattern of copeptin, the C-terminal vasopressin precursor fragment

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1190-1191

  Darzy, Ken H ^a   Dixit, Kashinath C ^a   Shalet, Stephen M ^a   Morgenthaler, Nils G ^a   Brabant, Georg ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; COPEPTIN; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954381266     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.141689     Document Type: Letter

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